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Survey of English Place-Names

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Long Fount ( Flg )

Field in the Parish of Dorchester St Peter & All Saints

Historical Forms

  • 1841 TA

Etymology

Long Fount(Flg)(cf.(la) Founte 1350, 1422, v. funta'spring'; the surname of John de Fonte 1330is more likely to be a Latinised form of atte Welle(v. Well Bottom infra) thanto belong here)